TEMPO.CO, Jakarta -The Surabaya city government in East Java is planning to declare all offices, schools, health facilities, playgrounds, and other public places as non-smoking areas.
"So far, the public has understood that they can refrain from smoking in schools," he said.
However, he added, to make the bylaw effective, the city government needs to explain the details of the bylaw to the public.
"Let us see the deliberation (of the draft bylaw) with the DPRD," he said.
Chief of the Surabaya City Health Office Febria Rahmanita said when the draft bylaw is passed into law, smoking areas will no longer be available in public places.
Under bylaw number 5 of 2008, smoking areas were still available in public areas. "But they will all be banned," she said.
